TURNER v. PLEASANT

No. 11-30129.

663 F.3d 770 (2011)

Ada D. TURNER; Ronnie Turner, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Neal E. PLEASANT; RPIA of Delaware, Incorporated; Standard Fire Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

As Revised December 16, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell Bennett Ramsey, Jr. (argued), New Orleans, LA, Ernest N. Souhlas , Souhlas Law Firm, Carter B. Wright , Law Office of Carter B. Wright, Covington, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Elton Anthony Foster , Waller & Associates, Metairie, LA, Ralph S. Hubbard, III (argued), Reed S. Minkin , Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard, New Orleans, LA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.


LESLIE H. SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judge:

Ada and Ronnie Turner seek to reopen a judgment entered in 2001. Their personal injury claims were heard in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. After a bench trial, Judge G. Thomas Porteous, Jr. entered judgment for the defendants. The Turners moved for a new trial, or, alternatively, for Judge Porteous to recuse himself because of their claim that the...

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